The Drama of Hospice and Plays about Death and Dying
H-O-S-P-I-C-E. Being given a hospice prognosis is dramatic. Period. The word itself evokes both a hospital stay and the peace most hope will accompany death. But don’t let the suffix–H-O-S-P– mislead you. Hospice patients are (almost always) beyond the repair of a hospital. In my own experience, the suffix more accurately alludes to the hospitable treatment … Continue reading The Drama of Hospice and Plays about Death and Dying